Making-up or ticketing of piece goods



Au 13, 1929. E, TOD 1,724,862

MAKING UP OR TICKETING OF PIECE GOODS Filed Dec. 16, 1927 Patented Aug.13, 1929.

UNITED STATES JAMES EDWARD TOD, OF CHEADLE, ENGLAND;

MAKING-UP R TICKETING OF PIECE GOODS.

Application filed December 16, 1927, Serial No. 240,599, and in GreatBritain December 21, 1926.

This invention relates to the making up or ticketing of textile piecegoods.

Textile piece goods are usually made up in "rolls having a ticketprinted with the brand,

maker or merchants name and address, or'

other desired matter secured to the outer fold by means of an adhesivefor display purposes. 7

lVith certain kinds of fabric the attach- 1o ment of the ticket in suchmanner is objectionable by causing damage to the fabric on removal andthe main objects of the present invention are to apply piece goodstickets to the made up fabric without adhering to the fabric and providea form of piece goods ticket which can be subsequently utilized for thepurpose of advertisement either in the form of a show card or as aticket with a gummed or gelatinized face for attachment to a glasswindow or door.

According to the present invention, piece goods are made up into rolls,usually with a board in the centre for stiffening purposes, but insteadof the end of the fabric 1 ing flat on the roll, a box pleat is formedin t e fabric extending the full width of the same near the end, and soas to lie centrally of one of the broad sides hereinafter termed thefront of the roll.

A piece goods ticket having the brand and/or other desired informationprinted or otherwise impressed thereon is roduced of a width equal tothe box pleat ut with extending side edges adapted to be folded over toform flanges to pass under the flanges produced by the box pleat tosecure the ticket in position. The face of the ticket may be gummedorformed with a gelatinized surface so that after serving its purpose as apiece goods ticket it can be utilized for advertisement purposes byattachment to a glass window or door, or it may be used as a stand updisplay card, the flan es serving as a stand or strut to support t esame. The made up roll is bound with tape or the like in the usual orother and convenient manner either before or after the ticket has beenplaced in position on the pleat.

If desired, a pleat may be formed at both the front and back of the rollto receive complemental tickets and instead of foldin over the sides ofthe latter the sides may e extended and slitted to form tongues whichmay pass under the folds of the pleat. Said slits may be of a charactersuch that the tongues or projections will also constitute Figure 2 is afront View of one form of the improved ticket of which Figure 8 is anend view while Figure 4 is an end View of the roll of fabric preparedready to receive the ticket. Figure 5 is a detail view showing theticket 1n the act of being applied to the roll.

Figures 6 and 7 show front and rear views respectively of the ticket inuse as a standup display card while I Figure 8 is a detail View of amodified form of the ticket adapted for use as a display card to be hungup.

Figure 9 is a front View of the improved ticket showing modified meansfor securing the same in position on the roll.

In carrying the invention into effect, piece goods are lapped on a drumor board a in the usual or other and convenient manner, but instead ofthe end of the fabric lying flat, so as to produce a plain roll a boxleat b ISTOI'IIlBd in the last convolution o the fabric 0 extending tothe full width of the same, and so as to lie cent-rally of the front ofthe roll as clearly seen in Figure 1.

The piece goods ticket all having the brand and/or other desiredinformation printed or otherwlse impressed thereon is formed with turnedover side edges forming flanges e adapted to pass under the flanges b ofthe box pleat b, Figures 3 and 4 showing the tlcket above the roll readyfor insertion, while Figure 5 shows one flange e inserted below thepleat b and the second flange 6 ready for insertion and Figure 1 showsthe ticket secured in position with the roll of fabric bound with tapeready for the retailer.

The ends a of the ticket flanges e are cut to an angle so that when saidticket is removed from the roll said flanges e may be used to formstruts to support the ticket as shown in Figures 6 and 7 in whichposition the ticket constitutes a stand-up display card.

The front face of the ticket is gummed or formed with a gelatinizedsurface or the corners are so gummed or formed as shown at f Figure 2 sothat after being re moved from the roll, the flanges 6 can be cut ortorn off and the ticket gummed to a glass (1005' orwindow to serve as astick-on display car 7 Instead of or in addition to the adhesive matterapplied to the front of the ticket, said ticket may be provided witheyelets 9 see Figure 8, so that it can hang on a wall 7 or otherfixture.

Instead of the fold over flanges e the improved ticket may be slit asshown by the lines It Figure 9 so that the flanges z are formed bypushing the same inwards about the dotted lines it to allow the ticketto be secured on the pleated roll as in the previous example, the bottomedge of the slit being shaped so that the flanges can be used as strutswhen it is desired to use the card as a stand-up display card as abovedescribed. By these means piece goods tickets are applie to made-uppiece goods in a manner which will obviate unintentional de- 'tachmentswithout damaging the fabric and which may be applied to the rollrepeatedly after portions have been removed therefrom and/or which areultimately available as show or display cards.

What I claim is Textile piece goods made up in rolls, with one or morebox pleats formed in the last convolution of the fabric in combinationwith a piece goods ticket or tickets formed with flanges to engage theflanges of the pleat or pleats for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification atManchester this 2nd day of December, 1927.

JALTES EDWARD TOD.

